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INDIANA PLANT OPERATOR FALSIFIES PERMIT APPLICATION
Release Date: 08/20/2001
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FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2001
INDIANA PLANT OPERATOR FALSIFIES PERMIT APPLICATION
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818/hester.luke@epa.gov
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818/hester.luke@epa.gov
Keith Miller of Lynnville, Ind., pleaded guilty to falsifying a sewage treatment plant discharge permit in a plea agreement on July 26. Miller was Vice President of Certified Wastewater Consultants, Inc., that operated and managed the Lynville wastewater treatment plant. He submitted an application to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to renew the treatment plant’s Clean Water Act discharge permit, falsely stating that the plant would not accept any industrial process wastewater. Miller knew that Lynnville Sewage Works was accepting and processing industrial process wastewater from Waste Stream Technologies, a company owned by Miller that recovered petroleum products from water. Falsifying wastewater discharge permit applications can lead to the discharge of pollutants from sewage treatment plants that can harm fish and wildlife and make surface waters unsuitable for recreation and drinking. The plea agreement recommends that Miller spend six months in home detention and be subject to such fines as the court may determine. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Evansville, Ind.
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